The Hershey Bears and Washington Capitals have announced an extension of their affiliation agreement through the 2023-24 season. “The Hershey Bears are thrilled to continue our partnership with one of the NHL’s elite franchises,” said Bears vice president of hockey operations Bryan Helmer. “Together, the Hershey Bears and Washington Capitals have established a winning culture
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As outlandish as an NHL season without the playoffs seems, that goes double for general manager Doug Wilson’s San Jose Sharks. Since Wilson took the reins of the franchise in 2003, they’ve just about always made the postseason, with only one non-playoff campaign up to now (2014-15). The Sharks then turned around and reached the
7:03 PM ET Montreal Canadiens center Max Domi isn’t sure when he’ll play again and he isn’t sure for whom he’ll play next season. But amid a global pandemic, he says none of that matters much at the moment. Domi, 25, is a restricted free agent after this season after his two-year, $6.3 million contract
On July 1, 2015, with many big names being signed on the first day of free agency, the New York Islanders made a typical low-risk move by signing Thomas Greiss to a two-year contract extension. At the time, there were a couple of big-name free agents that the Islanders were unable to sign, but the
TORONTO—The Canadian Hockey League has settled three class-action lawsuits filed by current and former junior players seeking backpay for minimum wage. The CHL — an umbrella organization for the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League — and the plaintiffs announced the settlements that amount to a total of $30
Max Domi dreams of suiting up in the playoffs. If the NHL expands its post-season format to complete the 2019-20 season, the Canadiens centre might get that chance sooner than expected. Montreal sat 12th in the Eastern Conference and was destined to be on the outside looking in for a third straight spring — and
Dave Andrews had it all mapped out five years ago. After two decades presiding over the American Hockey League, he would smoothly transition into retirement, moving with his wife of 40 years, Marleen, from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia, where he grew up. Andrews even managed to sell the couple’s beloved Springfield-area home to an acquaintance,
So much is going on with the Los Angeles Kings right now. With the temperature super hot and the outlook positive, the franchise is positioned to populate the farm with more highly regarded prospects in the upcoming NHL Draft. That’s not all. They continue to make what could be far-reaching moves. They let assistant general
7:00 AM ET Now that Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks defenseman (and fan favorite) Kevin Bieksa has retired, he is getting started on a career in media, which has included working for Sportsnet in Canada and — while in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic — doing TikTok videos with his daughter. In an appearance on
Acquiring Jonathan Drouin from the Tampa Bay Lightning in June 2017 is one of Marc Bergevin’s major moves as general manager of the Montreal Canadiens. On one hand, fans were thrilled to finally have a Quebec-born player of Drouin’s calibre. On the other hand, they weren’t happy to give up Mikhail Sergachev, the team’s top
Kingston Frontenacs forward Shane Wright has cemented an exceptional season in the Ontario Hockey League by capturing the rookie of the year award. The OHL made the announcement Thursday. Wright finished the shortened 2019-20 season by leading all first-year skaters with 39 goals and 66 points in 57 games. He was named the fifth skater
British Columbia is in the running to host NHL games if hockey is able to return this season. Premier John Horgan confirmed Wednesday the province spoke with league commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly late Tuesday. He said he could see Vancouver as a potential hub city and also floated the possibility of other B.C. rinks hosting
He may not be a top star. He may not be a hot commodity. He may not even have a ton of options in an NHL that will likely see players struggle to get what they’re worth this offseason. Still, Riley Sheahan plays a vital role for the Edmonton Oilers and it’s becoming clear the
8:48 AM ET Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis believes sports are a “communal resource.” Even as the coronavirus pandemic shutters arenas and postpones games and creates a murky uncertainty about the future of sports, Leonsis believes the community will have access to that resource again. “I’m not buying, in any way, that we won’t be
In the months leading up to the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, the Ottawa Senators were in bad shape. They’d finished at the bottom of the league, and were forced into a complete rebuild without their first-round pick, which had been sent to the Colorado Avalanche in 2017 for Matt Duchene, and seemed destined to be
Nicolas Deslauriers could yet go down in hockey history. Deslauriers, in case you hadn’t noticed, was leading the NHL in fighting this season before the coronavirus forced a halt in competition March 12. Playing for the awful Anaheim Ducks, 27th in the standings but tops in team scraps, the 29-year-old left winger had accumulated 14
With his name already being mentioned in the same sentence as NHL stars John Tavares and Connor McDavid, forward Shane Wright could have buckled to the pressure in his first season with the Kingston Frontenacs. Wright instead found a way to deal with the white noise surrounding him and played beyond his age, and on
In the NHL and AHL, “you’re not playing games where your teams are scoring five, six, seven goals a game anymore,” Gordon said. “You’re playing against better defensemen, you’re playing against better goalies. With time, I think he’ll continue to improve and identify the different things that go into being a 200-foot player.”